Horseshoe



B. P. PINK.

HORSESHOE.

(No Model.)

No. 513,428. Patented m. 23,1894.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FINK, OF ORBISONIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,428, dated January 23, 1894.

Application filed March 22, 1893. Serial No. d67.153. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FINK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orbisonia, in the county of I-Iuntingdon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse and Mule Shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements, as hereinafter set forth, in shoes for horses and mules.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a shoe designed for winter use. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged view of the toe portion and of one heel of a shoe designed for use in other than slippery weather. Fig. 3 represents a section on the line ww, of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a section taken on the line 0-0 of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to produce an improved construction of shoe for horses, mules and other draft animals in which the calks and body of the shoe are formed integrally by casting, dieing or otherwise; the body of the shoe being formed at its inner edge with a double bevel and the toe-calks of curved and bifurcated formation with an inner central ooncaved or beveled portion tapering toward the bottomso as to form, at the bottom, a substantial knife-edge.

1 represents the body of the shoe which at the inner portion of its under face is formed with a continuous double bevel 2, 3, whereby the accumulation or balling of either dirt or snow in the interior of the shoe or hoof is prevented. This double form of bevel possesses additional advantages in that the upper bevel 2 affords under some circumstances, such as on rough or uneven roads, cobblepaving, and the like, a foot-hold for the animal secure from slipping, which would not exist were the shoe of a continuous bevel or taper interiorly from bottom to top while, at the same time, the double bevelis sufficiently continuous to shed any dirt or snow that may come in contact therewith. Another advantage is that the shoe is stronger at the part adjacent to the ordinary tread than would be the case were the taper from the under to the upper face abrupt and continuous.

4 represents the toe-oalk and 5 the heelcalks. The body and calks, respectively, are formed integrally by casting, rolling in dies, or in any other suitable manner from either wrought or malleable metal, as iron or steel.

For use in winter or when the roads are slippery shoes having pointedcalks, as in Fig. 1, are employed. For use at other seasons of the year shoes having blunt-ended calks, as in Fig. 2, are employed. The toe-calk, 4, 1s of curved form corresponding with the curvature of the toe of the shoe and of awidth corresponding, or nearly so, with the breadth of the toe of the shoe. Centrally of this calk 1s formed a semi-circular or U-shaped notoh 6, bifurcating the calk, said notch being at its outer end of awidthabout or nearly equal to one-halfthewidthofthecalk. Theinnerwalls 7 and bottom 8 of this'bifurcated calk 4: are formed with a curved and beveled recess 9 tapering outwardly and downwardly so as to gradually coalesce with the tread as at l0, a curved incline thus being formed by said curved and beveled recess 9 leading from the tread of the shoe to the curved and sharp-edged U-shaped notch 6. By this construction of toe-calk it willbe apparent to those skilled in the art that free and unimpeded exit is afforded through the toe-oalk to any dirt or snow that might otherwise tend to accumulate at the toe of the shoe. By forming the toe-calk as above described a double calk is produced affording firm and secure bearing for the foot of the animal on opposite sides of the toe of the shoe instead of at the center thereof sunply. This form of curved double calk insures a firm purchase for the foot of the animal however he may place or rest his feet on the ground and prevents any back slip or sidewrenching of the foot.

If desired, the recess, 6, may be omitted from the toe-oalk which, otherwise, would be of the form above described.

What I claim is- 1. A horse-shoe having on its under side, it and adjacent to its inner edge, a double bevel, a toe-calk extending in a curved direction around the toe of the shoe and having a. cenvertical notch and a curved central recess in oral U-shaped notch and, in its inner face, a its inner face, snbstantlally as and for the curved recess, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 2. A horse-shoe consisting of an integrallyin presence of two Witnesses.

formed body and toe and heel calks said body having adjacent to its inner edge a double BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FINK' beveled under face and the toe-call: extend- WVitnesses:

ing in a curved direction around each side of D. L. GRISINGER,

1 o the toe of the shoe and having a central curved T. M. KELLY. 

